Who likes SHEEP?

Who's the author?

I don't know.....I left it somewhere.....so that really helps huh! lolz!

Message edited by its author, Oct 30, 2009, 10:36pm.

It's right there in your library. Her name is Valerie Hobbs.

This is what LibraryThing is good for!

I like sheep when they're cooked properly and there's lots of gravy.

I am an old man, and I have never eaten mutton.

Robert

Only you can change that, Mr.Durick... the mutton I mean.

mmm.....*mutton*... ***PortiaLong looks Puzzled...***

WAIT! Lamb yes, mutton - not sure...must investigate (and masticate...)...

...and then contemplate. (And possibly prevaricate.)

So, do you skin and dress a sheep in the same way you do other game? Need I get new knives? Can I leave the fur intact?

Robert

Yes. I can't answer that as I don't know the condition of your current knives. There's no fur when you get mutton at the butcher shop.

I think this county actually does not have a butcher shop. In all the stores I have been in around here, I think I have never seen mutton, nor have I seen it on a restaurant menu. Somebody had venison sandwiches one day, but the order taker was calling it to the kitchen as 'Bambi on white' so I didn't try it. We have some credible steak houses though.

The book sounds scary, poor puppy. I don't want to read it.

Robert

No sheep fur dinner, but lamb shanks? Yum.

Some haggis, perhaps?

> 10

Mind the dingleberries! Otherwise, sheep skinning is pretty much like skinning any other game.

'game'? Sheep are game where you live? I can't imagine hunting sheep.

I am talking about the book SHEEP. :P

But which book "Sheep"?

http://www.librarything.com/work/401290
http://www.librarything.com/work/1305097...

and maybe there are others.

'game'? Sheep are game where you live?

Of course.

looks like your rook is being threatened by your opponent's knight. tricky.

Oh, excellent Ape.

Robert, the book isn't ScArY.....I am reading it right now and it is about a sheep dog. Ya gotta read it.

cnotecam9 -

You'll run less risk of your thread getting hijacked in a topic-specific group, say Read YA Lit.

Now back to the sheep jokes.

Message edited by its author, Nov 1, 2009, 11:04am.

Brianna, the descriptions say it's a lost sheep dog. That's scary.

Robert

> 17

Yes, I live in a state where there are wild sheep, and they are game animals (Washington State, to be exact).

>28

Thanks for that information MsMixte. I had no idea that sheep were considered game. Are the sheep you hunt (maybe not you personally) native or the progeny of feral animals? How does their meat compare to that of 'farmed' sheep?

I'm guessing she's referring to mountain sheep - which are sort of different from farm sheep.

I imagine they are rather different MerryMary. I can't imagine the farm sheep I've come across tackling a mountain.... They'd probably topple over backwards down the first steep slope they encountered, what with all that wool weighing them down. Is the meat of these game mountain sheep sold in butchers'shops/specialty shops in the U.S.? Were their forebears imported from Europe?

Bighorn sheep and Dall sheep are quite different from domestic farm sheep. Yes, you can buy the meat at a butchers in some areas. As to origin, according to Wikipedia: "The bighorn sheep originally crossed over the Bering land bridge from Siberia: the population in North America peaked in the millions, and the bighorn sheep entered into the mythology of Native Americans."

I've never seen the meat for sale, but I'm a flatlander. I just know the mountain variety exists.

Hey what up people. Not to ruin the subject or anything but..why did this subject turn into a cooking sheep subject.(just wondering)

Just lucky, I guess.

yeah, i mean really: who eats sheep raw?

>36 He does.

-cristiguc

Who eats sheep raw? Just wondering out of curiosity..

38: The guy from Man Vs. Wild did on one of his episodes.

I did the other day. Delicious.

v

The bighorn sheep (both Rocky Mountain and California Bighorns) in Washington State were extirpated in the 1930s, but have been re-introduced. The Rocky Mountain sub-species can often be seen in the Yakima River Canyon.

I've been told that the meat is quite good, but have never tasted it. Any wild sheep meat sold in the United States is from exotic wild sheep, such as mouflon and argali. The exotic wild sheep are commonly found on Texas 'hunting' ranches.

How did we get to this topic? Well, I have several books on SHEEP, but not one of the books is about sheep DOGS!

Hehehehehehehehe................

Always cook your sheep dog thoroughly, that's my policy.

Let sheeping dogs sheep.

sorry for helping to derail the thread. I do feel a bit sheepish.

It was MrLibrary who started to derail the thread. The rest of us just followed like sheep.

I'm lying doggo.

Baaa!

And the bleat goes on (and on...)

I know!

I FINISHED SHEEP! It is a BIG accomplishment for me ok...115 pages if ALOT for me....jk lol

Do you recommend it?

Do you recommend it?

Recommend what? The Book

Message withdrawn for possible lack of sensitivity.

WHL

Message edited by its author, Nov 7, 2009, 6:49am.

>#53: Mike, it's probably not in intentional, but that sounds a wee bit harsh (bolds, caps, underlining). In fairness cnotecam9 did start a thread about a book - Sheep. And talked about the book, if not in depth. Most other people that participated in the thread (ourselves included) took it in other directions. cnotecam9 also brought it back to the book in #50. Post #52 is a fair question, considering the turns the discussion took.

cnotecam9: yeah, did you like it? Would others like it? Was the poor puppy ok in the end (Robert was concerned).